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What is a heart attack known as?
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
What is the medical abbreviation meaning heart attack?
MI (myocardial infarction) Acute Myocardial Infarction, or AMI.
What are heart attacks are called?
There are a few terms, the most common ones are: * Acute Myocardial Infarction. * Myocardial Infarction. * Coronary thrombosis. * Coronary.
What is AMI in medicine?
AMI = Acute Myocardial Infarction (heart attack)
Is transmural ischemia due to acute myocardial infarction?
Myocardial ischemia is owing to poor blood supply and infarction is due to no blood supply. The severity of both differs and ischemia can progress to infarction.
What does the medical abbreviation AMI mean?
AMI means Acute Myocardial Infarction
Why is morphine used in acute myocardial infarction?
During an Acute MI (Myocardial Infarction), the heart muscle has a reduced oxygen supply and dies. This is very painful, so Diamorphine is often given for analgesia (pain relief).
Is heart disease chronic?
Some heart diseases are chronic while some are acute, such as acute myocardial infarction.
What is the sudden cessation of oxygen delivery?
profound shock (as seen with acute myocardial infarction)
What laboratory values would indicate a patient has experienced an acute myocardial infarction?
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What is the blood test performed to determine cardiac damage in an acute myocardial infarction is?
Cardiac enzymes
What is the scientific name for a heart attack?
Myocardial infarction (often abbreviated MI) is the medical terminology for heart attack. An MI occurs when a blood clot reaches cardiac tissue resulting in death of the affected area. Normally tests for such a condition would include blood tests (e.g. troponin T) and ECG. Occaisionally an echocardiogram might be ordered to establish an ejection fraction.Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), is commonly known as a heart attack.Cardiac ArrestYou can call it a 'myocardial infarction' if you want. I'd stick with 'heart attack' because people don't say "huh?".It can also be known as either of the following: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI for short) Or Myocardial infarction (or MI for short).
